Automatic bundling-machine.



J. M. LEAVER, In. AUTOMATIC auuoum: MACHINE,

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ATTORNEY J. M. LEAVER, 1n.

AUTOMATIC BUNDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men Dec. 21. ms.

1,260,003. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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WITNESSES ATTO R N EY J. M. LEAVER, In. AUTOMATIC BUNDUNG MACHINE.

APPLICATIQN men 05 21, 191.5.

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1,260,003. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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ATTORNEY J. M. LEAVER, In. AUTOMATIC BUNDLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 950.21. 19m.

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AUTOMATIC BUNDLING MACHINE.

APPLIQAHON FILED DEC. 2],. 191.6.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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ATTORNEY JAMES M. LEAVEB, .78., OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC BUNDLING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed December 21, 1916. Serial No. 188,228.

To all whom. it may concern:

lie it known that I, JAMES M. Lnavnn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Automatic Bundling-Machine, of which thcfollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an automatic bundling machine.

The object. of the present intention is to improve the construction of bundling machines, and to provide an efficient and c0mparatively inexpensive machine, designed for bundling cut lumber and various other materials, and capable of automatic operation to form bundles of uniform size. A further object of the invention is to provide a bundling machine, equipped with mechanism adapted to engage automatically a predetermined number of ieces of material in a magazine and capable of removing them from the bottom of a stack or pile and of presenting them in bundle form at a point beyond the magazine for binding or tying. Another object of the invention is to provide means for supporting the stack or pile in an elevated position during the feeding operation and the return movement of the feeding mechanism, and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine for recharging the machine after the feeding mechanism has returned to its initial position. The invention also has for its object to provide mechanism of this character capable of ready adjustment to vary the size of the bundle and to arrange the parts to suit the length of the material bundled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto ap ended.

In the rawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automatic bundling machine, constructed in accordance with this invention and illustrating the initial positions of the parts.

Fig. 2 is .a similar view of the opposite side of the machine, showing the material for forming the bundles advanced slightly from the lower end of the magazine.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view, showing the bundle advanced into the bundle receiving space or chamber and the feeding mechanism returned to its initial position, the stack of material being supported within the magazine at an elevation.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine, parts being removed.

Fi 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 66 of Fig 1.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 7--7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary enlarged Sew tional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is asectional view on the line 9-b of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 10'is a sectional view on the line 1010 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

, The drawings disclose one embodiment of the invention, while the claims definethe actual scope thereof.

The accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention, show an automatic bundling ma chine designed primarily for use in Connection with the automatic binding and tying mechanism, forming the subject-matter of a companion application, but the bundling machine of the present invention is also susceptible of operation in connection with any other preferred form of bundle binding and tying mechanism, and if desired the bundles formed by the machine may be bound and tied by hand.

The main frame of the machine, which may be constructed of any suitable material, is provided at the base with front and rear transversely disposed I-beams 1, which may be either mounted on blocks'or sills, or equipped with. heavy casters to render the machine portable. The front and rear trans verse beams are connected at their ends by side longitudinal beams 2 and 3 at a point between their ends with an intermediate longitudinal beam 4. The side and intermediate longitudinal beams, which preferably consist of I-beams, are seated upon the upper flanges of the bottom transverse beams 1 and are bolted or otherwise secured to the same. The main frame is rovided at a paint intermediate of the en of the side m 8 and the intermediate beam 4 with front vertical columns and at the rear,

5 ends of the said beams 3 and 4 with rear vertical columns 6. The front and rear columns, which are bolted or otherwise secured at their lower ends to) the up er flanges of the longitudinal beams 3 an 4,

support spaced longitudinal beams 7, which are cited or otherwise secured to the upper ends of the columns 5 and 6. The main frame is stiffened by an inclined transverse brace 8, secured at its lower end to the side lo 'tudinal beam2 and extending upwardly an inwardly therefrom to the up er lon tudinal beam of the ad'acent si e of t e frame and suitably secure at its upper end to the same. The main frame is also stifiened 80 by upper and lower inclined longitudinal braces 9 and 10, arranged in substantially the same inclined plane. The lower inclined brace 9 extends upwardly and rearwardly from the front end of the intermediate longitudinal beam 4, and is secured to the adj acent front column 5 at a oint intermediate of the ends thereof, and the up er brace 10 extends upwardly and rearwar y from the central rtion of such front column to the 80 undersi e of the 'top longitudinal beam 7, and its upper end is secured to the same near the center thereof. The top longitudinal beams 7 are connected at points intermediate of their ends by top transversely disposed I-beams 11 bolted or otherwise secured to the longitudinal beam 7- and loca at the front ends thereof and at a point ad jlacent to the rear ends of the same.

he main frame may, of course, be of any 40 other preferred construction, and the bottom transverse beams 1 and the top transverse beams 11 constitute rails and form transverse tracks for slidably mounting a plurality of laterally adjustable upper and lower auxiliary frames or en ports, which carry the mechanism for fee ingthe bundles. In the accompanying drawin two laterally adjustable sets of upper an lower auxiliary frames or supports are shown arso ranged at spaced points at opposite sides of the center of the machine, and these auxiliary frames are adjustable by means of upper and lower right and left hand threaded screws 12 and 13, which, when operated by the means hereinafter described, move the adjustable frames simultaneously toward and from each other. The machine may be equl ped with any number of sets of 11 per and ower auxiliary frames, but when t ree sets of such frames are employed, one set will be located at the center of the machine and the central set will be stationary and the side sets will be adjustable toward and from the central set of the auxiliary frames or 05 supports The lower auxiliary frame of each set is provided at the bottom with spaced lon 'tudinal channeled bars 14 and 15 and at t e top with a longitudinal channeled bar 15, located above and in substantially the vertical plane of the lower chan- 10 neled bar 14 and connected with the same at the ends of the lower auxiliary frame by front and rear upright bars 16 and with the ends of the lower channeled bar 15 by inclined transverse braces 17. The lower channeled bars 14 and 15 are connected by transverse rods 18 arranged in airs and secured to the channeled bars at the inner faces thereof by screws 19, iercing the webs of the channeled bars 12 and 15 and engaging threaded sockets in the ends of the transverse rods 18, but any other suitable means may, of course be employed for connecting the channeled bars and for maintaining the same in spaced relation. 35

The longitudinal bars 14 and 15 of the a lower auxiliary frames are slidably connected at their front and rear portions with the bottom transverse beams 1 of the main frame by inner stops and outer clam s 20, 9o bolted to the bars 14 and 15 at the lower edges thereof and extendingacross the space between the same, and eac provided with an u per recess 21 to receive the outer uper ange of the contiguous transverse beam and extending beneath the said upper flange and equipped with an adjustable steel plate 22, which is forced into. engagement with the lower face of the outer upper flange of the transverse beam by a set screw 23, mounted in a threaded opening 24 in the recessed portion of the clamp 20. The front stop 25, which is spaced from and coiiperates with the front clamp, consists of a strip secured to the front portions of the channeled bars 14 and 15 and extending across the space between the same, and the rear stops are preferably formed by spaced transversely alined bearing blocks 26, se-. cured to the bottom flanges of the bars 14 and 15 at the rear ortions thereof. When it is desired to ad net the lower auxiliary frame, the plates 0 the clamps are loosened by unscrewing the set screws and after the proper adjustment has been made, the set screws are ti htened to cause the steel lates to grip firmfy the bottom transverse came of the main rams.

Each upper adjustable auxiliary frame or support is 1preferably composed of spaced longitudina y disposed angle bars 27, connected at their rear portions by transverse plates or bars 28, which are secured to the orlzontal wings or flanges of the angle bars 27 by vertical rods or bo ts 29, piercin hori- 126 zontal wings pr flanges of spaced angfc bars' 30, arran in pairs at opposite sides of the rear ortipn of theupper auxiliary frame and rming horizontal guideways. The horizontal wings or flanges of the angle bars 30 of the guideways are spaced apart by sleeves 31, and the lower angle bars of the guideways are sup orted by vertical tubes 32. The sleeves and the tubes are arranged on the vertical rods or bolts 29, and the tubes are supported upon the horizontal flanges of the side angle bars 27 of the upper auxiliary frame and are inter osed between the same and the lower ang e bars of the superim osed guideway, which extends longitudinal y of the said upper auxiliary frame. The side bars of the upper auxilia frame are also connected at their front en s by a transverse plate or bar 33, having terminal flanges oo ted or otherwise secured to the vertical wings or flanges of the side bars 27.

The u per auxiliary frame is slidably supported by the upper transverse main frame beams 11, fitting against the inner edge of the plate or bar 33 and against one of the transverse plates or bars 28 and engaged by adjustable clamps 35. The clamps 35, which are adjust ably secured to the lower faces of the bottom flanges of the side bars 27 of the upper auxiliary frame by set screws 36, have recessed engaging portions, which extend beneath the adjacent upper flanges of the transverse beams 11 of the main frame. When the screws 36 are tightened to engage the jaws of the upper transverse beams 11, the upper auxiliary frame is firmly gripped thereon.

The machine is equipped at the front with a vertical magazine 37, adapted to receive a stack 38 of material, which may consist of pieces of cut lumber, or any other material of a similar character, adapted to be handled in bulk and tied in bundles. The magazine, which may be constructed in any desired manner, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as consisting of outer xed vertical 'bars 39 and inner adjustable vertical bars 40, adapted to be moved to ward and from the outer fixed vertical bars to vary the size of the magazine. Each set of upper and lower auxiliary frames is equipped with a pair of these ma zine forming bars 39 and 40 and the upper on tudinal channeled bars of the lower aux] iary frames constitute the bottom of the magazine. The fixed outer vertical bar 39 is secured at its lower end to the front end of the upper channeled bar 15 of the lower auxiliary frame, and the inner adjustable bar 40, which is arranged in the same longitudinal plane as the outer fixed bar 39, is.

provided at its end with a rearwardly extending horizontal arm 41, which is adjustably secured by bolts 42, or other suitable fastening devices to one of the angle bars 27 of the upper auxiliary frame see Fig. 5). As shown 1n Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the inner vertical magazine bars 40 are arranged at the limit of their rearward movement to provide a bundle of the maximum width, and they are adapted to be adjusted for-- wardly from such position to decrease the width of the bundle. The inner ad ustable magazine forming bars 40 terminate at the side bars of the upper auxiliary frames to form an opening 43 at the lower portion of the inner or rear side of the magazine 37 to ermit the lower portion of the stack 38 to be advanced or'moved rearwardly from the magazine into a bundle receiving s ace or chamber 44. The upper longitu inal channeled bars 15" of the lower auxiliary frames constitute a su port for the material, and the bundle when ormed by the feeding mechanism about to be described is movable alon the channeled bars 15 to a int beyour the magazine to the position i1 ustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawin The feeding or bun le forming mechanism, which feeds the material from the bottom of the stack, comprises in its construction a lower longitudinally slidable horizontal bar 45, an inner vertical bundle engaging bar 4.6, a top horizontal stack supporting bar 47, and an outer vertical bar 48 extending u wardly from the outer end of the slidab e bar 45 to the outer end of the top stack supporting bar 47. The lower horizontal bar 45, which constitutes the slide. operates in the groove or channel of the top longitudinal bar 15, which forms a guide for the said bar 45. and 48 are suitably secured at their upper ends to the horizontal stack supporting bar 47, and their lower portions are adjustably connected to the slidable bar 45 by clamping plates 49, secured by bolts 50, or other suitable fastening devices -to the bar 45 and adapted to clamp the bars 46 and 48 in vertical adjustment. By this construction the effective length of the bundle forming bar 40 is varied to form a bundle of the desired height, and the stack supporting bar 47 is raised and lowered to arrange it in the proper position for supporting the stack left within the magazine during the feeding of the material in the formation of the bundle.

The inner or rear end of the slidable bar of the feeding device is pivoted to the upper end of an inclined connecting link 51. extending downwardly and rearwardly from the slidable bar 45 and pivoted at its lower end to the upper end of a cam actuated lever 52. The cam actuated lever 52 is of angular form. and when the feeding device is in its initial position, or at the limit of its outward or forward movement, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, the upper portion of the lever 52 is arranged at an inclination and extends downwardly and rearwardly over a main transverse shaft 53 to a point in rear of the same, and when the lever is in such position, its lower portion, which is arranged at an ob- T he vertical bars 46 tuse angle to its upper portion, extends The vertically movable stack supporting I downwardly and forwardly to a transverse and charging devices are connected by links pivot 54 upon which the lever 52 is mounted. 64 with oscillatory arms 65 of a front trans- The pivot 54 is arranged in a suitable bearverse shaft 66, provided with a longitudinal 5 ing bracket 55, secured to the channeled bar groove or keyway 67 to receive keys for 14 at the lower web or flange thereof. The slidably lockin the arms with the shaft transverse pivot 54- is located below and 66, whereby w on the auxiliary frames are slightly in rear of the main transverse shaft adjusted laterally, the arms 65 will be car- 53, the angular shape of the lever 52 enried with them in their adjustment. The

10 abling the same to clear the shaft 53 in its arms 65 extend rearwardly from the rock backward and forward oscillation. The shaft 66 and the links 64 extend downwardly lever 52 is provided at its angle with a roller from the rear ends of the arms 65, and the 56, which 1s arranged in a cam groove 57 channeled posts 62 are provided with verin the outer face of a cam disk or wheel 58, tical slots 68 through which pass lower piv- 15 which when rotated oscillates the lever 52 to ots 69, which connect the links 64 with the reciprocate the feeding device. At each vertically slidable bars 61. The front transrevolution of the cam isk or wheel 58, the verse rock shaft extends across the space feeding device is movable inwardly or rearbetween the side channeled beam 3 and the wardly a suflicient distance to carry the intermediate longitudinal channeled beam 4,

20 material at the bottom of the stack from the and is mounted in front bearin brackets 70, magazine to the bundle receiving space or bolted or otherwise secured to the top flanges chamber and is moved forward y and reof the beams 3 and 4. These bearing brackturned to its initial position. The cam ets may be braced in any suitable manner groove 57 consists of similar opposite actuif desired, and the transverse rock shaft is 2 ating portions to swing the lever 52, and an provided at its outer end with a depending intermediate curved connecting portion aroscillatory arm 72, pivoted at its lower end ranged concentric with the pivot of the cam to ablock 3 havin upper and lower openings disk or wheel 58 is adapted to cause the 74 through whie ass spaced upper and lever 52 to dwell at the inner or rearward lower rods 7 5,exten ing forwardly from the 30 limit of its movement while the bundle is front end 76 of a substantially horizontal being bound and tied when the machine is longitudinal bar or pitman 7 7 The rods 75, equipped with such mechanism. The upper which are arranged in the same longitudinal portion of the lever 52 is provided with a plane as the bar or pitman 77, constitute an plurality of perforations 59, adapted to reextension thereof and receive an adjustable 35 ceive the rear pivot of the connecting link block or abutment 78, arranged in spaced 51 to vary the length of the stroke of the relation with the front end 76 of the bar or feeding device, and while only two perforapitman 77 and adapted to be positioned diftions 59 are shown in the drawings, any numferent distances therefrom to permit the bar her may, of course, be employe or pitman to have a limited movement in- 40 In order to relieve the feeding device durdependently of the arm 7 2 of the rock shaft ing its return movement of the weight of the for controlling the amount of movement imstack, the latter is supported by a vertically parted to the stack supporting and magamovable stack supportin and charging dezine charging device. The adjustable block vice, which after the fee ing device has re- 78 is provided with upper and lower open- 45 turned to its initial position, lowers, the ings 7 9 for the rods 75, and the outer porstack to the bottom of the magazine and tions thereof have screw threads 80 for the thereby arranges a charge of material in reception of nuts 81, arranged in pairs to position to be operated on by the feeding form a lock for securing the block 78 in its device for forming the next bundle. Each adjustment.

50 stack supporting and charging device con- The horizontally disposed longitudinal bar sists of a follower and comprises in its conor plitman 77 is provided in its rear portion struction a top horizontal supporting bar wit a longitudinal slot 82 through which 60, and a central vertical slidable bar 61, passes the main transverse shaft 53 forming operating in the groove of a vertical chana guide for the bar or pitman 77 and carry- 55 neled bar or 0st 62, secured in its lower ing a cam 83 for actuating the same. The portion to the ower channeled bar 14. The rear end of the bar or pitman 7 7 is equipped vertical channeled bar or est 62 is provided with a roller 84, extending inwardly from at its lower ortion witl i opposite ears or the bar or itman 77 and arranged to be enflanges 63, w ich are bolted or otherwise gaged by t e cam 83. The cam 83, which is 60 secured to the horizontal channeled bar 14, keyed or otherwise fixed to the main transand the said bar or post 62 is arranged so verse shaft 53, tapers inwardly toward the that the bar 61 of the stack supporting and shaft and has similar uniformly curved side charging device is confined in the groove or edges 85 and a curved outer ed e 86, arehannel of the said bar or post 62 by the ranged concentric with the sha 83 and 66 bar 14. adapted to cause the bar or pitman 77 to dwell at the end of its inward or rearward movement to maintain the stack supporting and charging device in an elevated position while the feeding device is being returned to its initial position. One of the curved side edges 85 contacts with the roller 84 and moves rearwardly the bar or pitman 77 while in its forward movement it is actuated by the weight of the material within the magazine, the downward movement of the stack supporting and charging device and the consequent forward movement of the bar or pitman 77 being controlled by the other curved sideedge 85 of the cam 83, which in its rotary movement permits its stack to descend gradually to the bottom of the magazine.

The u per and lower right and left hand threade screws, which adjust the upper and lower auxiliary frames and maintain the same in parallel relation and vary the length of the magazine, engage suitable nuts 86 of the said auxiliary frames and are mounted at their ends in upper bearing brackets 87 and in lower bearings 88 of the lower longitudinal beams 3 and 4 of the main frame. The upper bearing brackets are mounted on the upper longitudinal beam 11 of the main frame, and the lower bearin s 88 extend from opposite faces of the we s of the beams 3 and 4. Upper and lower sprocket wheels 89 and 90 are mounted on the outer ends of the screws, which have reduced threaded inner terminals 91 receiving nuts 92 and washers 93 interposed between the adjacent bearings and the nuts, which are adjustable to take up any end motion of the right and left hand threaded screws. The upper and lower sprocket wheels, which receive the end thrust at the outer ends of the upper and lower adjusting screws, mesh with and are connected by a sprocket chain 94, which also meshes with a sprocket wheel 95 fixed to a rotary shaft 96, mounted in a bearing opening in the outer front column of the main frame of the machine and provided at its inner end with a collar 97, keyed or otherwise secured to the inner end of the shaft 96.. The sprocket wheel of the front lower right and left hand threaded screw is located at a point in advance of the up er front sprocket wheel, and the sproc et chain, which extends downwardly from the upper front sprocket wheel, passes beneath the sprocket wheel or pinion 95 and extends downwardly and forwardly at an inclination to the lower front sprocket wheel. The sprocket wheel 95 is arranged at a point intermediate of the shaft 96 and is located at the outer face of the said column. The shaft 96 is provided at its outer end with a suitable operating device preferably consisting of a crank handle 98, adjustably secured in a transverse opening in the said shaft by a set screw 99. The sprocket gear is adapted to rotate simultaneously the right and left hand threaded screws, which move the upper and lower auxiliary frames laterally o the machine to space them and the mechanism carried by the frames the desired distance apart to suit the length of the material to be bundled.

The cam wheel 58 is provided with an extended hub or sleeve 163, having a key 164 to engage a longitudinal groove or guideway in the main transverse shaft 53 to slidably interlock the cam wheel 58 with the same. The cam wheel 58 of the lower auxiliary frames is adapted to slide along the main transverse shaft when the auxiliary frame are adjusted laterally by the right and left hand threaded screws.

The machine may be driven by any suitable power, which is connected by a belt with a pulley 267 loosely mounted on a transverse driving shaft 268, journaled in suitable bearin 269 of the main frame and carrying a pinion 270 which meshes with a gear wheel 148. The bearings 269 are preferabl mounted on the longitudinal beams 2 an 4 of the main frame, and the pulley 267 is connected with the drivin shaft by a clutch 271, which may be 0 any preferred construction. The clutch 271 is connected with a handle or lever 272, fixed to a longitudinal shaft 273, from which de' pends an arm 274 having a projecting point 275, which is carried into the path of a lug 276 of the gear 148 when the pulley is clutched to the driving shaft. The lug 276 is tapered to present a beveled engaging face, which is adapted to contact with the projecting point 275 of the arm 274 to throw the clutch automatically out of engagement with the driving wheel to stop the machine. The depending arm 274 is detachably secured to the shaft by a set screw or other suitable means, and may be moved out of the path of the lug, and the handle or lever may be secured in position for holding the clutch in engagement with the pulley of the driving shaft when a continuous operation of the machine is desired. The shaft 27 3, which extends longitudinally of the machine, is journaled in suitable bearings of the main frame and the operating handle or lever is fixed to the front end of the shaft 273 and is located at the front of the machine. The machine is equipped with an inclined skid 27 7, which extends downwardly at the back of the bundle receiving s ace or chamber and down which the bund es are adapted to slide.

What is claimed is 1. A bundling machine comprising a vertical magazine adapted to hold a stack of material and provided at the lower portion with an opening, a bundle receiver located at said opening, a reciprocatory feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly throu h the lower portion of the ma azine for eeding a ortion of the materia from the bottom 0 the stack into said receiver to form a bundle, and means for holding the stack of material remaining in the magazine against displacement therein during the return movement of the feeding mechanism.

2. A bundling machine including means for holding a stack of material, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly for feeding a portion of the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle and means for lowering the stackafter the feeding initial osition.

3. A undling machine including a ma azine adapted to hold a stack of material, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly throu h the magazine to feed the material from t e bottom of the stack to form a bundle, and means for supporting the stack in an elevated position during the backward movement of the feeding means and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the ma azine.

4. A undling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, feeding means movable backwardly and forwardlyto feed the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, and means movable u wardly and downwardly in the magazine or en portin the stack in an elevated position uring t e return movement of the feeding means and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine after the feeding means has returned to its initial position.

5. A bundlin machine including a magazine adapted todiold a stack of material and provided at the back with an o ening, feedmg means movable backwar ly and forwardly through the lower ortion of the magazine to feed the materia from the bottom of the stack throu h the said opening to form a bundle, said ceding means bein provided at the top with a support for hol mg the stack in an elevated position, and means for lowerin the stack to the bottom of the magazine a r the feeding means has returned to its initial position.

6. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, reciprocatory feeding mechanism arranged to feed the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle and provided with a support for holding the stack in an elevated position, and means movable u wardly and downwardly in the magazine or supportin the stack in an elevated position while t e feedin mechanism is movi backwardly and for owering the stack to t e bottom of the magazine after the feeding mechanism has returned to its initial 'tion.

7. A bundling machine including a magameans has returned to its zine adapted to hold the material to be bundled, means for feeding the material from the bottom of the magazine to form a bundle and a char device movable upwardly and downwar y in the magazine for lowering the mate 'a to the bottom of the same.

8, A bundling machm' e inclu a magzine, means movable transv y of e magazine for feedin material from its contentsto form a bun e, and a supportin and charging device for the contents mova 1e in the ma azine across the path of movement of the fee ing means and adapted to support the contents in an elevated position on the separation of the bundle therefrom and lower said contents in the path of the feed ing means when in normal position.

9. A bundling machine including a magazine provided at the bottom with an opening, feeding means movable backwardly and forwardly adapted to feed material from the bottom of the stack'through the opening to form 'a bundle, and a vertically movable charging device provided with a su port for holdmg the material in an eleva position in the magazine while the feeding means is moving backwardly, said charging device in its downward movement serving to lower the material to the bottom of the magazine.

10. A bundlin machine including a maga' zine adapted to old a stack of material, a feeding device movable backwardl and forwardly to feed the material from t e bottom of the stack to form a bundle and provided at the top with means for supporting the stack in an elevated tpilosition during the forward movement of e f mechanism, and a chargin device mova le upwardly and downwa y within the magazine and provided with a support for holding the stack in an elevated Position during the backward movement 0 the feeding mechanism and adapted in its downward move"- ment to lower the stack to the bottom of the magazine to arrange the material in advance of the feeding me hanism. 7

11. A bundling machine including a mag-- azine adapted to hold a stack of material, feeding mechanism comprising a slide, and means extending upwardly from the slide for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, means for recipmeeting the slide, and charging means movable upwardly and downwardly for supporting the stack in an elevated position and for lowering the same to the bottom of the magazine.

12. A bundlin including a magazine adapted to old a stack of material, re-' ciprocatory feedingmechanism comprising a slide, a vertica v bar mounted on and extending upwardly from the slide and adapted to engage and feed the material from the bottom of the stack, and a horizontal bar arranged at the top of and carried by the vertical bar for supporting the stack in an elevated position, and charging means for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine.

13. A bundling machine including a magazine, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly for feedin the material from the bottom of the stac to form a bundle and adjustable upwardly and downwardly to vary the size of the bundle, means for supporting the stack in an elevated position, and means for lowering the stack to the bottom of the ma azine.

14. A bundling machine inc uding a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly to feed the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle and comprising a slide, vertical bars adjustably secured to the slide for varying the size of the bundle, and a horizontal bar connecting the vertical bars and adapted to support the stack in an elevated position during the feeding movement, and charging means movable upwardly and downwardly and.

adapted to support the stack in an elevated position while the feeding mechanism is moving backwardly and in its downward movement serving to lower the stack to the bottom of the magazine.

15. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material and composed of spaced vertical sides, one of the sides or members being capable of relative adjustment to varythe width of the space between them, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly for feeding material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, said feeding mechanism being adjustable upwardly and downwardly to vary the height of the bundle, and charging means for lowering the material to the bottom of the magazine.

16. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material and provided with spaced front and rear vertical bars, the rear vertical bar terminating short of the bottom of the magazine to form an opening and being adjustable toward and from the front vertical bar to vary the width of the stack, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly to feed the material from the bottom of the stack through the said opening, and means for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine.

17 A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, feeding mechanism movable backwai'dly and forwardly to feed the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, a stack supporting and charging device comprising a verticallv movable follower provided at the top with a horizontal support adapted to hold the stack in an elevated position, and

mechanism for actuating the feeding mechanism and for reciprocating the follower.

18. A bundling machine includin a magazine, feeding mechanism movab e backwardly and forwardly to feed the material from the bottom of the magazine to form a bundle, guides for the feeding mechanism ing mechanism to opposite sides of the magazine on the forward and backward travel of said mechanism, a rotary cam having a groove,'a lever pivoted at one end and provided at an intermediate point with means extending into the groove of the cam, whereby the lever is oscillated by the same, and a link connecting the other end of the lever with the feeding mechanism.

20. A bundling machine including a magazine, reciprocatory feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly to feedthe material from the bottom of the magazine to form a bundle and having a slide, means receiving the slide for guiding the feeding mechanism through and to opposite sides of said magazine, a cam located in rear of and below the plane of the magazine, a longitudinally disposed lever actuated by the cam, and a pivoted link connecting the lever with the slide.

21. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, means for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, a stack supporting and charging device movable upwardly and downwardly to support the stack in an elevated position and to lower the same to the bottom of the magazine and consisting of a follower, a rock shaft having an arm connected with the follower, and cam actuated means for actuating the rock shaft.

22. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack. means movable upwardly and downwardly in the magazine for supporting the stack in an elevated position and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine, a rock shaft having an arm connected with the said means, an approximately horizontal pitman connected with the rock shaft, and a cam arranged to actuate the itman.

23. A bundling machine including a megazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, means movable upmagazine for supporting the stac wardly and downwardly in the magazine for supportin the stack in an elevated position and for owering the stack to the bottom of the magazine, a rock shaft having an arm connected with the said means, a shaft provided with a cam, and a pitman connected with the rock shaft and guided on the said shaft and having means coacting with the cam for actuating the pitman.

24. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, charging means movable upwardly and downwardl in the in an elevated position and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine, a pitman provided at an intermediate point with a slot, a shaft extending through the slot and forming a guide for the pitman, a cam mounted on the shaft, means carried by the pitman and engaged by the cam for actuating the pitman, and means for transmitting motion from the pitman to the charging means.

25. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feedin the material from the bottom of the stac a stack supplorting and charging device movable upwar y and downwardly in the magazine, a rock shaft having an arm connected with the said means, a shaft havin a cam, a pitman provided at an interme iate point with a slot receiving the shaft, and means carried by the pitman and arranged to be engaged by the cam for actuating the pitman.

26. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, charging means movable upwardly and downwardly in the magazine for supporting the stack in an elevated position and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine, a substantially horizontal reciprocatory bar or pitman, means arranged at one end of the bar or pitman foractuating the same, a. block slidably mounted on the other end of the pitman to permit a limited independent movement of the pitman, and means con nected with the block for transmitting motion from the reciprocatory bar or pitman to the charging means. 4

27. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, a substantially horizontal reciprocatory bar or pitman provided at one end with spaced rods, means located at the other end of the bar or pitman for actuating the same, a block slida ly mounted on the said rods, adjusting means for limiting the movement of the block, and

means for transmitting motion from the block to the adjusting means.

28. A bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, charging means consisting of a vertically movable follower operating in the. magazine and adapted to support the stack in an elevated position and to lower the same to the bottom of the magazine, a rock shaft having an arm, a substantially horizontal reciprocatory bar or pitman provided at one end with spaced rods, a block slidably mounted on the rods and pivoted to the arm of the rock shaft, adjustin means carried by the rod for limiting the 'ding movement of the block, means for transmitting motion from the rock shaft to the follower, and means for actuating the reciprocatory bar or pitman.

29. A bundling machine including a magazine, feedin mechanism movable backwardly and orwardly for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, charging means consisting of a follower movable upwardly and downwardly in the ma azine for supporting the stack in a elevate position and for lowering the same to the bottom of the magazine, an oscillatory lever connected with the feeding mechanism, a reciprocatory bar or pitman, means for transmitting motion from the pitman to the follower, a shaft forming a guide for thebar or pitman, and cams mounted on the shaft for actuating the bar or pitman and the said 31. A bundling machine including a main frame, auxiliary frames slidably mounted on the main frame and having spaced means forming a magazine, means carried by the auxiliary frames for feeding the material from the magazine, and means mounted on the main frame for adjusting the auxiliary frames to vary the length of the magazine.

32. A bundling machine includin a main frame, spaced auxiliary frames adjustable toward and from each other and having spaced means forming a magazine, right and left hand threaded screws mounted on the main frame and connected with the auxiliary frames and adapted to adjust the means to vary the length of the magazine, and gearing for operating the adjusting screws.

33. A bundling machine including a main frame, laterally adjustable auxiliary frames slidably mounted on the main frame and provided with spaced means forming a mag.-

, and connected with the auxilia amine, a per and lower right and left hand threade screws mounted on the. main frame frames for moving the same toward an from each other to vary the length of the magazine, sprocket wheels fixed to the said screws, a sprocket chain arranged on the sprocket wheels, and operatigsi mechanism including a rocket wheel m ing with the sprocket cham for actuating the same to rotate the screws simultaneously.

34. A bundling machine including a main framei upper and lower auxiliary frames slidab y mounted on the main frame, spaced means carried by the upper and lower auxiliary frames and formmg a ma zine, and means for simultaneously adjusting the upper and lower auxiliary frames tovary t size of the magazine.

85. A bundling machine including a main frame, upper and lower auxiliary frames, the lower auxiliary frames being extended in advance of the upper auxiliary frames, spaced front and rear means mounted, respectively, on the lower and upper auxiliary frames and forming a magazine, and means for simultaneously adjustin the auxiliary frames toward and from eac other to vary the size of the magazine.

36. A bundling machine including a main frame, upper and lower auxiliary frames mounted on the main frame, the lower auxiliary frames being extended in advance of the upper auxiliary frames, spaced means arranged at the front portions of the auxiliary frames and, carried by the same and forming a magazine and providin a rear opening at the bottom thereof, an means for adjusting the auxiliary frames to vary the size of the magazine.

87. A bundling machine including a main frame, upper and lower auxiliary frames, the lower auxiliary frames being extended in advance of the upper auxiliary frames, spaced means arranged at the front ends of the auxiliary frames and formi a magazine and providing a rear opening at the bottom thereof, said upper and lower frames being also spaced apart to provide a bundle receiving space or chamber in rear of the magazine, and means for adjusting the auxil iary frames to vary the size of the maga- 38. A bundling machine including a main frame, upper and lower auxiliary frames mounted on the main frame, the lower auxiliary frames being extended in advance of the upper auxiliary frames, spaced vertical means arranged at the front ends of the upper and lower auxiliary frames and forming a magazine and providing an opening at the lower portion thereof, the spaced.

means of the upper frames being adjustable toward and from the ,spaced means of the lower frames to vary the width of the magazine, and means for adjusting the upper and lower auxiliary frames laterally to vary the Ian h of the magazine.

3 A bundling machine including a main frame, laterally adjustable auxiliary frames having spaced means forming a magazine, means for adjusting the frames to vary the length of the magazine, mechanism mounted on -the auxiliary frames for feeding the material from the magazine, a shaft mounted on the main frame, and means carried by the auxiliary frames and connected with the feeding mechanism for actuatin the same and including rotary elements sli ably connected with the said shaft.

40. A bundling machine including a main frame, auxiliary frames adjustably mounted on the main frame and having spaced means forming a magazine means for adju'sting the frames to vary the length of the magazine, feeding mechanism movable backwardly and forwardly for feeding the material from the magazlne, a transverse shaft mounted on the main frame, oscillatory levers carried by the auxiliary frames and connected with the feeding mechanism, and cams also carried by the auxiliary frames and slidably mounted on the said shaft and actuating the said levers to operate the feedin mechanism.

41. bundling machine including a main frame, laterally adjustable auxiliary frames having spaced means forming a magazine adapted to hold a stack of material, mechanism carried by the auxiliar frames for feeding the material from the ottom of the stack, stack supsorting and charging means movable upwar ly and downwardly in the magazine to support the stack in an elevated position and to lower the stack to the bottom of the magazine, a transverse rock shaft mounted on the main frame, means for actuating the rock shaft, and arms slidably interlocked with the rock shaft and connected with the stack supporting and charging means.

42. A bundling machine includin a main frame, a magazine adapted to hol a stack of material, means for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack, stackfsupporting and charging means movable u wardl and downwardly for supporting t e stac in an elevated position and for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine, mechanism for actuating the feedin means and the stack supporting and c arging means and including a rotary element provided with a projecting lug, driving means, a clutch for connecting the driving means with the said mechanism, and clutch operated means having an arm arranged in the path of the lug and arranged to throw the clutch out of operation automatically.

43. A bundling machine includin a magazine, means for feeding material rom the magazine, mechanism for actuating the feeding means com rising a rotary element having a projecting lu driving means for actuating the said mec anism, a clutch for connecting the driving means with the said mechanism, and operating means for the clutch includingan arm arranged in the path of the lug and adapted to be actuated by the same to operate the clutch to disconnect the driving means from the said mechanism.

44. A bundling machine including means for holding a stack of material, feeding mechanism movable through the lower portion of the magazine for ceding a portion of the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, and means for lowering the stack to the bottom of the magazine to rechar e the machine.

45. i bundling machine including a magazine adapted to hold a stack of materia means for movement relative to the magezine for feeding the material from the stack, and means movable at right an les to the first-named means for lowering t e stack in the magazine.

46. A bundling machine comprising a ma azine adapted to hold a stack of materia a feeding device movable backwardly and forwardly at the bottom of the magazine to opposite sides thereof for feeding the material from the bottom of the stack to form a bundle, and means for holding the remainder of the stack in elevated position durin backward movement of said device, said eeding device being provided with a sup ort for holding the remainder of the stac in an elevated position during the forward movement of said device.

47. A bundling machine including a main frame, auxiliary frames slidably mounted on the main frame, ri ht and left hand threaded screws mount on the main frame and connected with the auxilia frames for moving the same toward and fi'om each other, and means for rotating the screws.

48. A bundling machine including a main frame, auxiliary frames slidably mounted on the main frame, ri ht and left hand threaded screws mounte on the main frame and connected with the auxiliary frames, sprocket wheels connected with the screws, a sprocket chain arranged on the sprocket wheels, and operating mechanism including a sprocket wheel meshing with the sprocket chains for actuating the same to rotate the same simultaneously.

49. A bundling machine including a main frame upper and lower auxiliary frames slidabl mounted on the main frame and movab e toward and from each other, up er and lower right and left hand threa ed screws mounted on the main frame and connected with the upper and lower auxiliary frames, and gearin for simultaneously rotatmg the screws or sliding the auxiliary frames toward and from each other.

50. bundling machine comprising a magazine and machanism for taking a quantity of the contents of said magazine and for retaining the remainder of said contents therein on the discharge of the quantity of material in bundle form therefrom.

51. A machine of the character described, com prising a magazine for holding material,

a bundle receiver located at one side of the magazine, and feeding mechanism movable transversely of the magazine for the feeding of a portion of the material therefrom to the receiver to form a bundle, and also for holding the remainder of the material in the magazine a ainst displacement and out of the path 0 said feeding mechanism while active for the delivering of the bundle.

52. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, means movable through the magazine for feeding material therefrom to form a bundle, and a device movable toward and away from the magazine for delivering materm] to the feeding means and adapted to support the contents elevated above the path of movement of the feeding means during the delivering of the materlal.

53. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, feeder means movable for delivering a bundle of material from the magazine, means operative with the feeder means to sustain the remainder of the contents of the magazine therein on the delivering action of said feeder means, and means for lowering the contents of the magazine into the path of the feeder means when in normal position.

54. A bundling machine comprising mechanism for delivering a bundle of material, means on the delivering means to sustain material from the delivering action of said first-named means when active for discharging a bundle, means for lowering the material into the path of the delivering means when in normal position, and means for imparting reciporatory movement to the delivery means for moving the same to normal and delivering positions.

55. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, means for transferring art of the contents of the magazine there rom to a point to form a bun le, means operative with the transferring means to sustain the remainder of the contents within the magazine on the delivering action of said transferring means, means for lowering the contents of the magazine into the path of the transferring means when in normal posit on, means for reciprocating the transferrm means to shift the same to delivering an normal positions, and means coactive with the last-named means for imparting movement to the lowering means.

56. A bundling machine having means for bundling material therein, means carried by the first-named means for holding the material separated from the bundle when being delivered, and means for feeding the material'to the bundling means subsequent to the delivery of a bundle thereby.

57. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, means for deliverin a bundle from said magazine, means carrled by said first-named means for holding the contents of the magazine separated from the bundle when being delivered, means for feeding the contents to the bundle delivering means subsequent to the delivering of a bundle therefrom, means for varyin the size of the bundle to be delivered by the delivering means, and means for varying the capacity of the magazine.

58. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, means for deliverin a bundle from said magazine, means carried by said first-named means for holding the contents of the magazine separated from the bundle when being delivered, means for feeding the contents to the bundle delivering means sub sequent to the delivering of a bundle therefrom, means for varying the size of the bundle to be delivered b the delivering means, means for varying t e capacit of the magazine, and means for receiving t e bundle from the delivering means.

59. A bundling machine comprising a magazine, means for delivering a bundle from said magazine, means carried by said first-named means for holding the contents of the magazine separated from the bundle when being delivered, means for feeding the contents to the bundle delivering means subsequent to the delivering of a bundle therefrom, means for varying the size of the bundle to be delivered by the delivering means, means for varying the capacity of the magazine, means for receiving the bundle from the delivering means, and mechanism for successively operating the bundle delivering means and the contents feeding means.

60. A bundling machine, comprising feeding mechanism for the delivery of a bundle of material, means for supplying material to the feeding mechanism, and means for controlling the supply of material and adapted to automatically bring the supply into position for the feeding mechanism to deliver a bundle of said material from the supply by said mechanism.

61. A bundlin machine, comprisin feeding mechanism f br the delivery of a bundle of material, means for supplying material to the feeding mechanism, means for controlling the suppl of material and adapted to automatically ring the supply into position for the feeding mechanism to deliver a bundle of said material from the supply by said mechanism, and means for shuttlng off the supply of material to the feeding mechanism when a bundle from the supply has been received thereby and delivered.

62. A bundling machine, comprising feeding mechanism for the delivery of a undle of material, means for supplying material to the feeding mechanism, means for controlling the suppl of material and adapted to automatically bring the supply into position for the feeding mechanism to deliver a bundle of said material from the supply by said mechanism, means for shutting oil the supply of material to the feeding mechanism when a bundle from the supply has been received thereby and delivered, and mechanism for imparting movement to the feeding mechanism and also for varying the throw thereof.

63. A bundlin machine, comprisin feeding mechanism or the delivery of a undle of material, means for supplying material to the feeding mechanism, means for controlling the supply of material and adapted to automatically bring the supply into position for the feeding mechanism to deliver a bundle of said material from the supply by said mechanism means for shutting ofl the supply of materlal to the feeding mechanism when a bundle from the supply has been received thereby and delivered, mechanism for imparting movement to the feeding mechanism and also for varying the throw thereof, and means for varyin the size of the bundle to be delivered by 516 feeding mechanism.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. LEAVER, JR.

Witnesses:

E. S. LAMBERSON, F. E. Panrrrr. 

